Steven Lil Steve McGee was 15 when he was shot and killed on September 19, 2011, on the 6000 block of South Prairie Avenue in Chicago’s Washington Park neighborhood. The shooting happened about 5:50 p.m. while he was walking on Prairie Avenue; a bicyclist warned him that guys with guns were gathered in a nearby alley, and shortly after one or two people emerged and opened fire, striking McGee in the head and upper body. He was taken to Stroger Hospital and pronounced dead that evening.

Police said the attack appeared linked to an internal gang conflict affecting Washington Park and nearby Woodlawn. A witness identified a 14-year-old boy as the triggerman; that teen was arrested at his home two blocks from McGee’s residence and was cited in a delinquency petition. McGee was an 8th-grade student at Ross Elementary School.

Anyone who knew McGee, his routines, or who saw activity on Prairie Avenue that evening is asked to come forward with information.